Sri Lanka offers more hope while many regions face difficult challenges – King of Norway
The positive developments in Sri Lanka offers more hope while many regions were facing difficult challenges at present, said the King of Norway Harald V.
He made this observation when Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, Musthafa M. Jaffeer, on completion of his tenure as Ambassador to the Kingdom, recently paid a farewell call on King Harald.
During this meeting, the Ambassador briefed His Majeralsty on the new policies and direction being adopted by the government under Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka and, in particular, to reinvigorate the relations with countries that Sri Lanka had once difficult relations over a number of issues.
In this respect, Ambassador Jaffeer expressed his happiness over the positive shift taking place in the bilateral relations between Norway and Sri Lanka, since early this year. The Ambassador contended that new developments in the relations, had opened up opportunities to further strengthen cooperation in the economic, trade, tourism and education sectors between the two countries. His Majesty King Harald, responded by stating, that while many regions were facing difficult challenges at present, the positive developments in Sri Lanka offers more hope. The King further opined that both countries should strive to work closely to forge further cooperation for the benefit of their people.
In addition to the King of Norway, Ambassador Jaffeer, also met Thommessen Olemic, the President of the Norwegian Parliament. At this meeting, he handed over a letter from Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of the Parliament to his counterpart extending an invitation for him to visit Sri Lanka with a Parliamentary delegation. Olmeic, while thanking the Ambassador for the Speaker’s invitation, said that the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee would give its consideration to Sri Lanka’s invitation to undertake the visit at a later date.
Ambassador Jaffeer was also hosted for farewell events by Sri Lanka Expat Associations in Norway, including the Sri Lankan Association of Norway, Sri Lanka Friends Association of Norway and the Tisarana Sri Lanka Buddhist Association. A special ceremony was also arranged for the Ambassador at the Durga Kanapathi Temple. While acknowledging the remarkable contribution made by Sri Lankan societies in Norway for linking both peoples through several cultural and social initiatives, the Ambassador called on the Sri Lanka Associations and its members to work hard for promoting reconciliation among Sri Lankans so as to fully realize the dividends of peace in the country.
Ambassador Jaffeer contended that the number of Sri Lankan community members, including diaspora seeking the Embassy’s assistance for consular, investment and tourism purposes has considerably increased over the last few years, a sure sign of trust and confidence placed on the developments taking place in Sri Lanka.
(Government News Portal)
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Don’t trust this basted These are the people help Tamil tigers . These are the people who allowed Tamil tigers to burn the Sri Lanken embassy in Norway. They are against Sinhalese. So never trust a Norwegian.
Sri Lanka will not be calm untill and unless the Buddhist terrorist organizations called bbs persists.
The fond memories that Sri Lankans have of the Norwegians is their involvement as peace keepers during the war of attrition, better defined as the terrorism led by Prabhakaran under the guise of liberation. As is usual with the Europeans they failed to understand what P’s aspirations were all about! Anyhow Norwegian intervention in Sri Lankan politics failed to achieve nothing if at all their intervention furthered P’s cause thereby extending the suffering that communities went through. The King recognised Norwegian his embassies failure in this venture therefore refrained making any comment in this regard.
Dear King what we are left with is only hope we live by it and eventually die by it god help
buddhism survived for over 2500 years and will continue to do so because its philosophy is fundamental to the very existence. It will survive with the extinction of life in this planet it will in some other planet in the infinite univers. This is not a prophesy but an ideological fact that evolves with time something that cannot be comprehended by the those looking looking for mythical eternal bliss
Mr. Ashik, Is BBS same as LTTE? Has BBS kidnapped children put an syn aide capsule around their neck and sent them to war front?
F**-King of norway need to make money by broadcasting and reporting WAR.? SriLanka was a evils (yaksha) homeland when the Buddha arrived at 1st to Mahiyangana before 2600 years. Then the Buddha expelled all evils from here and made this island available to live for humans. Because to establish the Buddhism in fututre. The buddha saw that Buddhism is going to destroy by the hands of barbarian Muslims in India. The civilians came here at 1st from north India on the day when Buddha died. Later Buddhism also brought here from India after about 230yrs. That’s how Srilanka becomes the BUDDHIST nation. Now evil islam virus had spreaded here too. Islam should be banned ASAP for the well being of not only humans but also for well being of animals. Some countries already banned islam. They should expell to Somalia to live with same kind of barbarians. They’re evil bugs who suck the blood of Sinhalese homeland. All bad people has taken the advantages of Sinhalese hospitality, kindness, politeness, honesty,…etc they know “Srilanka offers and they can receive…” muslims are world looters who came here with empty hands and now owns wealth robbed from Sinhalese by cunning businesses. http://shoebat.com/2015/06/30/china-bans-islam-and-says-it-does-not-give-a-darn-to-all-the-cry-babies-who-complain/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Angola
Ashik may need to KNOW more of Bull Shit of damnned “hislam” the troubled religion which TERRORIZE the civilian socity. These hell bounded bloody fooools will never learn to go heaven from here… Read below the Terrorism of vulgar damned hislam… http://www.graphic.com.gh/juniors/junior-news/19682-save-muslim-girls-from-forced-marriages.html http://islamqa.info/en/27305 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wbyUY3quScc